Author Archives: Henry E. Powderly II

A federal judge has denied a request by the U.S. attorney’s office to temporarily block Melville-based Lend America from issuing mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration while a civil suit alleging the mortgage company falsified information on loan applications ...

Long Island’s largest news source, and it’s only daily newspaper, will convert its Web site to a subscriber-only model next week, a move forewarned by Cablevision Chief Operating Officer Thomas Rutledge, a few months ago. Beginning on Oct. 28, only ...

The Long Island Forum for Technology has named a nine-year board member and defense industry expert to head the organization, filling a position left vacant when former president Kenneth Morrelly died three weeks ago. LIFT said William Wahlig, a former ...

What for a long time seemed like a natural evolution of bundled telecommunications services has at last arrived. New York-based Verizon Communications on Monday unveiled its “Quad-Play” promotion, which offers discounted bundle prices for a combination of telephone, Internet, television ...

You’ve all heard the stories – fabulous stories of great service. Nordstrom, Lexus, AutoZone, Les Schwab and individuals in small businesses that have gone WAY BEYOND the norm to provide extraordinary service. You have probably heard those stories enough to ...

Comtech Telecommunications on Tuesday said it has received a $200 million order from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop microsatellite-related, “plug-and-play” technologies for space missions. The Melville-based company said that includes modular satellite pieces that could be assembled on ...

Immigration is overwhelmingly about economics. If any doubts linger, they should be wiped away by the decline in the U.S. foreign-born population last year. In a growing economy, rising labor demands by businesses and, ultimately, consumers not met by the ...

It’s always been one way Verizon loses to its competition on Long Island: Cablevision. While the local guy has its own around-the-clock station for weather and traffic, complete with satellite imagery and road-by-road analysis, Verizon has only offered a measly ...

Satellite communications equipment and service provider Comtech Telecommunications on Monday said it received an $2.9 million order for satellite equipment to support an Asia-based network. Comtech said its Tempe, Ariz.-based Comtech EF Data Corp. subsidiary handled the deal. The company ...

Ultrasound medical device maker Misonix on Monday said it has sold its Sonora Medical subsidiary to Medical Imaging Holdings in an all-cash, $8 million deal. Sonora, the doing-business-as name for Acoustic Marketing Research, specializes in ultrasound devices, like the ones ...